Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 2
Wisdom Surpasses Foolishness
For there is no 2:16 Lit foreverlasting remembrance of the wise, along with the fool, since in the coming days everything will 2:16 Lit alreadysoon be forgotten. And how the wise and the fool alike die!
Ecclesiastes 2:16 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
ASV
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
BSB
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
DRA
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
FBV
Nobody remembers the wise or the fool for very long—in the future everything will be forgotten. Whether wise or foolish, they both die.
GNV
For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
JPS
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will long ago have been forgotten. And how must the wise man die even as the fool!
LSV
That there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—for all time, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dies the wise? With the fool!
NIV (US)
For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!
NMV
For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dies the wise [man]? as the fool.
OJB
For no zichron (remembrance) of the chacham — no less the kesil — remains l'olam; seeing that in hayamim haba'im (the days to come) all shall be forgotten. How can the chacham die just like the kesil?
RV
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
T4T
Wise people and foolish people all die. And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten [DOU].”
WEB (US)
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
потому что мудрого не будут помнить вечно, как и глупого; в грядущие дни все будет забыто, и увы! мудрый умирает наравне с глупым.
НРП
Потому что мудрого, так же как и глупого, не будут помнить вечно; придет время — забудут обоих. Мудрый умирает, как и глупый!
Заокская (Кулаков)
И не вспомнят вовек ни мудрого, ни глупца: всем грядущие дни сулят скорое забвение — умирать и мудрому, и глупцу!
СП (БЛ)
Нет различия между мудрым и глупым: оба умрут, и люди не будут помнить вечно ни мудрого, ни глупого. Люди забудут всё, что те сделали.